A diagnosis of mesothelioma can be devastating. This type of cancer is aggressive, and you may find yourself asking difficult questions about your life expectancy and how you can take care of your loved ones after you pass. While this is a serious type of cancer,...
If you have ever had the flu or even a bad cold, you may have been immediately aware of your illness because of symptoms your body was exhibiting. For either of these illnesses, such symptoms might have included a runny nose, cough, fever or body aches. It’s easy to...
Whether you’ve been working at the same job in the Carolinas for decades or have been employed in various industries, you no doubt have always tried to stay safe in the workplace and while traveling to and from your job. It’s understandable that you’d be mindful of...
Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer that attacks the tissue that lines the patient’s organs. It is aggressive, deadly, and often tied to exposure to asbestos. Exposure can occur within the workplace. Research has linked asbestos exposure to many different types of...
Perhaps you’ve been looking forward to retirement after many years of working in a factory, shipyard or auto mechanics shop. Such jobs often require strenuous labor but can be a good way to provide for a family. If you have jilted anticipation for retirement because...
When your loved one first received their mesothelioma diagnosis, it was likely an overwhelming moment. Suddenly, you had to consider their newly-shortened lifespan and how you could support them through treatment and their own mental health struggles. Now, after...
You may have been feeling “off” for months or years before doctors diagnosed you with a terminal illness. You also may have had a gut feeling that your health condition was somehow related to your job, especially because you worked in the same place for decades and...
Perhaps your loved one put in 20 or more years on the job and was looking forward to retirement. Things might have even been going well to start, until symptoms of illness began to arise. Like many North Carolina families who have gone through similar experiences, you...
Your loved one might have contracted a terminal illness a decade or more before anyone realized that he or she was sick. Asbestos exposure on a North Carolina job site, in a home or elsewhere often results in mesothelioma or asbestosis, two diseases for which there...
The suspicions of your doctor that you may have mesothelioma can be a crushing blow for you and your entire family. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is seldom diagnosed until it is quite advanced. The results of such a diagnosis are rarely good, and you will...
